GRE Word List
FRISK
to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
The meaning of the word frisk is to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |